Patents by Inventor Ross MACDONALD

Ross MACDONALD has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Implantable Device and Methods for Reversing Overdose of a Substance
    Publication number: 20180228969
    Abstract: An implantable device for reversing an overdose of a substance in a person. The device measures the person's respiratory rate and/or the person's activity state and automatically injects a dose of overdose reversal agent in the person if the person's respiratory rate and/or the person's activity state indicate that the person may over overdosed on the substance. The device can administer subsequent doses if the person's respiratory rate and/or the person's activity state continue have not improved after the first dose. The device can include a wireless communication device to contact a third party after one or more doses have been administered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Ross MacDonald
  • Exercise apparatus having a stationary inner platform and an outer annular member rotatably connected thereto
    Patent number: 9802077
    Abstract: There is accordingly provided an exercise apparatus including an inner housing upon which a user may stand. The apparatus includes an outer housing rotatably coupled to the inner housing. The apparatus includes a handlebar coupled to and extending upwards from the outer housing. The apparatus includes a mount for retaining one or more weights thereon. The mount operatively connects to the outer housing and is enclosed within one of the housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: My Turn Health and Fitness Limited
    Inventor: Ross MacDonald
  • EXERCISE APPARATUS HAVING A STATIONARY INNER PLATFORM AND AN OUTER ANNULAR MEMBER ROTATABLY CONNECTED THERETO
    Publication number: 20160074702
    Abstract: There is accordingly provided an exercise apparatus including an inner housing upon which a user may stand. The apparatus includes an outer housing rotatably coupled to the inner housing. The apparatus includes a handlebar coupled to and extending upwards from the outer housing. The apparatus includes a mount for retaining one or more weights thereon. The mount operatively connects to the outer housing and is enclosed within one of the housings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Ross MacDonald
  • Charged capacitor warning system and method
    Patent number: 8576074
    Abstract: A capacitor warning circuit, and method of providing a warning are provided, the circuit comprising a capacitor capable of being charged to a charged state and a warning circuit coupled to the capacitor and adapted to provide an indication that the capacitor is in the charged state, wherein the warning circuit is powered by energy accumulated in the capacitor when the capacitor is in the charged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: General Atomics
    Inventors: Frederick W. MacDougall, Mark Allen Schneider, Ross MacDonald
  • CHARGED CAPACITOR WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110012740
    Abstract: A capacitor warning circuit, and method of providing a warning are provided, the circuit comprising a capacitor capable of being charged to a charged state and a warning circuit coupled to the capacitor and adapted to provide an indication that the capacitor is in the charged state, wherein the warning circuit is powered by energy accumulated in the capacitor when the capacitor is in the charged state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ATOMICS
    Inventors: Frederick W. MACDOUGALL, Mark Allen SCHNEIDER, Ross MACDONALD